@bondsmatthew@elfsbe Make sure you Mute AND Block. Blocking stops them from commenting on your stuff and muting makes it so you don’t see their fics, etc.
@nonmousse@iminkain@booboolulu04 Exactly. Even most lurkers kudos the fics & as you said post stuff. Or recommend fics to their friends. No one is 100% non contributing. They wouldn’t even be in the fandom if they did NOTHING.
Just had a conversation with someone. We started it where we both thought the other was attacking(is that the word?) each other. Turns out it was a misunderstanding & that we mostly agreed. But it did make me think of how some of my comments can come off as. So I want to clarify.
@allegedlywrites@babydianxia I literally said the main reason for most of it was to respect the authors wishes. And the OTHER part was about the other authors(not you) who DID compare it rape.
@allegedlywrites@babydianxia Noo? I never said it was about you. I have seen other authors compare it to rape, & I feel like I have every right to block/mute them.
@AlmaKarmajpeg@gaeadene@precisionfires1@shanerila@kingtiashe Yeah, this is making me put my head on the table and sigh.
They are super mad that people are sharing files of their work, but when I try to create some mechanism to let people know that they don't want files of their work shared, they still get mad.
@shanerila@precisionfires1@kingtiashe I want a list because I don't want to download anything by someone who says they don't want their files shared. I only want to have files that are by people who are okay with me sharing them. I want to mute them on ao3 so there will be no accidents.
I just don’t get it?
All this discord of this is crazy. And a lot of us (on both sides) try to compromise & respect each other but seems none of us can do anything right.
It’s exhausting.
I know right?!
They don’t want their fics downloaded & shared.
So, we say, okay, we’ll make a list to know who doesn’t.
But they won’t tell us & also mock us for wanting a list & also accusing its for harassment?
No, it’s so we can respect your wishes like you have been saying
@precisionfires1@laserloony@shanerila@kingtiashe what do you want people to do? you dont want your fics downloaded
okay! people who download will mute your account and that eliminate downloads.
whats the issue?
& because some of us were REALLY uncomfortable with some of them comparing sharing fics to rape. So, we want to block/mute for all of our peace of mind. But somehow that’s bad?
What do they want??
We are trying to do as they ask & we are being mocked, accused & harassed over it
@elanasrage@Msj07judith Along with the headcanon of him being an abused sex worker, I headcanon him as dying young. It was the 70s. He was a flamboyant queer man of color & a sex worker. The odds are NOT in his favor. Plus his bratty attitude. I headcanon him as 19 or 20. Makes even interesting & sadder
@CamachoPamina@sambutwithbooks I honestly don't know. And I'm not sure how old most of these people are. But they seriously seemed to have missed internet safety 101.
Between this & not realizing that once something is on the internet, it's on there forever. It’s all so crazy.